Devry HRM594 Final Exam 1 ANSWERS

 HRM 594 Final Exam 1 ANSWERS
(TCO B) Review the 13 strategic staffing decisions that
organizations must make when developing a staffing strategy. Provide an example
of an organizational business strategy, and explain how each decision might be
impacted by the given business goals. (Points: 25) (TCO E) You are the staffing
manager for your organization. Fully discuss the administrative issues that you
would address in the planning stage of external recruiting. Explain the
importance of each issue. (Points: 30) (TCO G) If you were the HR staffing
manager for an organization, what guidelines might you recommend regarding oral
and written communication with the job applicants by members of the
organization? (Points: 30) (TCO C) As an HR leader, how would you try to get
individual managers to be more aware of the legal requirements of staffing
systems and to take steps to ensure that they themselves engage in legal
staffing actions? (Points: 30) (TCO F) Assume you gave a general ability test,
measuring both verbal and computational skills, to a group of applicants for a
specific job. Also assume that because of severe hiring pressures, you hired
all of the applicants, regardless of their test scores. How would you
investigate the criterion-related validity of the test? (Points: 25) (TCO H)
There are numerous negative organizational consequences to firing employees,
including the discomfort of the supervisor who delivers the termination
information, conflict or sabotage from the departing employee, and the
potential for a lawsuit. In response, many supervisors provide problem employees
unpleasant work tasks, reduced working hours, or otherwise negatively modify
their jobs in hopes that the problem employees will simply quit. What are the
ethical issues raised by this strategy? (Points: 30) (TCO A) Imagine an
organization that has a staffing process in which vacancies are filed (a) on a
lottery basis from among job applicants, or (b) on a first-come, first-hired
basis among job applicants. Predict the potential problems associated with
these scenarios. (Points: 30) (TCO D) It has been suggested that “ethical
conduct” be formally incorporated as a general competency requirement for any
job within the organization. Debate the pros and cons of this suggestion.
(Points: 30) (TCO I) Consider a circumstance where your organization is doing
exit interviews and has promised confidentiality to all who respond. Your
supervisor has asked you to give the name of each respondent so she can assess
the information in conjunction with the person’s supervisor. What obligation do
corporate HR employees have to keep information confidential in such
circumstances? (Points: 20)